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West Bend moves forward with plan for new Fire Station 1 on Johnson Bus site; $24.7M estimate
Summary
City staff and consultants presented a replacement plan for Fire Station 1 at the Johnson Bus site that they say will improve response coverage, add training capacity and modernize firefighter facilities. The project is estimated at $24.7 million; council will consider formal approval July 7 and financing in September.
City of West Bend officials and outside consultants presented a plan June 16 to replace Fire Station 1 with a single-story, 44,700-square-foot facility on the Johnson Bus site, saying the location and design will improve emergency response coverage to the city’s west side and provide long-term equipment and training capacity.
The project team told the common council the current two-story station—built in 1960 and long noted as undersized—needs replacement to support modern apparatus, reduce firefighter exposure to contaminants and provide dedicated on-site tactical training. Trevor Frank, lead architect and principal in charge for SEH, said the design includes “hot, warm, and cold zone design” for decontamination and drive-through apparatus bays to reduce backing risks. Frank said the project is at about 30% design.
The proposal matters because moving Station 1 westward from its current location is projected to increase the share of households within target response times from 90.9% to 94.3%,…
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